Document-file.



A. PARDOE, JR. DOCUMENT FILE.

APPLIOATION FILED APB.13, 191a.

Patented Dec.31, 1912.

Avnnn rAnnon, an, on ronon'ro, ONTARIO, CANADA.

DOCUMENT-FILE.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

l Application filed April 13, 1912. Serial No. 890,618.

1 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Avnnn PARDOE, J r., a

subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city ofToronto, county of "York, Province of Ontario, in the Dominion ofCanada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDocument-Files, as described in the following specification andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel arrangement of aplurality of indicator tabs on a filing folder or case.

The objects of the invention are, to facilitate the work of keeping filerecords in proper order, to insure the attention to important matters atthe proper time, to reduce to a minimum the handling of correspondenceheld in abeyance, and to devise a file which may be very easily handledand will indicate definitely when it is required for further attention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a folder tileconstructed in accordance with my invention showing one of the a verycommon form provided with an inturned flap 2, said flap having aplurality of tabs 3 cut therefrom and remaining attached to said llap atthe upper edge 4.

5 are slots cut in the upper folded edge 6 I of the folder and arrangedopposite to the tabs 3 and of slightly larger width than said tabs.

The outer faces of the tabs 3 are rinted in any suitable manner toindicate ates or titles as may be desired and the said tabs are adaptedto be folded inwardly and brought upwardly through the slots 5 in themanner illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3. The tab then stands up prominentlyabove the file so that it will be readily seen and may be instantlylocated.

In the use of this device, the correspondence or other papers are placedin the file and if according to the instructions the file is to bereferred back at a certain date the file clerk doubles the tab bearingthe corresponding date or nearest receding date in wardly and upwardly.'1 e infolded flap 2 guides the rounded end of the tab as itis turnedinward and the end very readily locates the slot in the upper fold andprojects through. The tab is then grasped with the thumb and finger andpulled out to its full osition. The file is then put away and the atetab projecting upwardly therefrom readily indicates to the file clerkwhen that particular file is desired again.

It will of course be impossible to have tabs correspmiding to every dayof the month and the tabs are here shown numbered 5, 10, etc. It will bereadily understood that if a letter has to be attended to on the 12ththe file clerk will arrange the tab numbered 10 to call attention tothat file prior to the date when it must be attended to. To follow outthis example, the file on being removed on the 10th inst., and requiringan answer on the 12th would be simply put back in the cabinet leavingthe date tab of the 10th projecting. 'On the 11th the file clerk wouldnote this file marked the 10th apparently not attended to and would lookat it again and replace it. This thing would occur again on the 12th andinsure the file being kept in prominence until the matter was properlydisposed of. This service of the file clerk will of course require verylittle time but it will insure the proper and careful attendance to thecorrespondence and will effectively relieve the principal, who has toattend to the letter finally, of the bother and annoyance of having theletter lying loose on his disk until answered.

In the form shown in Fig. 4, a separate strip 7 perforated to form thenumeral tabs is secured to the inner side of the folded cover 8, theremaining portion depending within the last pocket of the file andswinging loose. The cover 8 is provided with slots 9 in the groove ofthe bend so that in use the tabs are utilized in the same manner as withthe ordinary folder.

The present invention is very simple and may be readily adapted tovarious forms of files and may be altered in various ways withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention so long as a plurality oftabs are arranged upon the file so that they can be temporarily exposedand withdrawn at will and will remain secured to the file ready for use.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A document file, havin a'row of tabmembers concealed between t e folds of the file and adapted to be foldedto extend beyond the edge of the file.

2. In a document file, a strip of flexible material secured to said fileand having tabs punched therefrom and adapted to be bent gllitwardly toextend beyond the edge of the 3. A document file, having a fold providedwith a plurality of slots at the bend, and a plurality of tabs securedto the file and adapted to be projected through said slots.

4:. A document file, comprising, a sheet of material folded to form aholder and having one of its edges turned inwardly and perforated with aplurality of slots along the inturned fold, said inturned fold having alurality of tabs cut therefrom and adapted to be bent inwardly andprojecting out through said slots and having suitable characters printedthereon.

Signed at the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, this 9th day of A ril,191 2.

AVERN ARDOE, JR.

Witnesses:

E. HERON, D. S. TOUELL.

